I have written long essays defining my terms and objections. I oppose intersectionality based on it's defining features. I oppose identity politics where it opposes universal liberalism.
I didn't define the terms! I just reread the article. It thinks BLM is a good approach despite much evidence of it increasing racial tensions and being highly unethical. Yes, people who think you can reconcile universality with identity politics are conceptually confused.
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Identity politics is the opposite to universal liberalism. This is explicit. The former wants to make identity paramount and the latter wants to make it irrelevant tho both seek to end injustice.
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More accurate to say idpol thinks identity is made paramount by social institutions and this should be reversed.
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Both are accurate. You do you. I'm going to do me.
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Being conceptually confused is different from being illiberal. These are the nuances that strict dichotomies obfuscate and prevent from being solved (no matter your position on the attempted reconciliation).
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OK. well I'll just have to live with that.
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It would be convenient to have it this cut and dried. Unfortunately there are genuine insights in both identity politics extremism and its opposition. The sooner we extract those insights, the better.
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